I believe that communities which lack the feminine influence are apt to fall into abstraction and the madness of systems which, being false, require violence to put into practice. We have, alas, seen too many examples of this. A masculine civilization like that of ancient Greece perishes through politics, metaphysics, and vanity. Women alone can give these doctrinary drones a sense of the real and simple values of the hive. No true civilization is possible without the collaboration of the two sexes, but there can be no real collaboration unless the differences between the sexes are accepted and a mutual respect established.


Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939) - The Art of Marriage

André Maurois Quotes

I believe that communities which lack the feminine influence are apt to fall into abstraction and the madness of systems which, being false, require...

I believe that communities which lack the feminine influence are apt to fall into abstraction and the madness of systems which, being false, require...

I believe that communities which lack the feminine influence are apt to fall into abstraction and the madness of systems which, being false, require...

I believe that communities which lack the feminine influence are apt to fall into abstraction and the madness of systems which, being false, require...